Personal finance software

mbe

Hi,
I'd be really grateful for any advice on which is the best personal finance software program to use. I've looked at several but they don't have a feature I want -- I really want to be able to do create a line or bar graph to show my spending by category.
It would also be great if I could make entries via my iphone too.
Thank you in advance for any advice!
mbe

Chrisblue1962

You could try Microsoft Money or YNAB, which other folks on here speak highly of.

I use my own Excel spreadsheet on my laptop and Financisco on my Galaxy mobile for recording day-to-day spending.

Hope this helps

mbe

Chrisblue1962 wrote: »

You could try Microsoft Money or YNAB, which other folks on here speak highly of.

I use my own Excel spreadsheet on my laptop and Financisco on my Galaxy mobile for recording day-to-day spending.

Hope this helps

Thank you for taking the time to reply - I do appreciate it.
I should have said that I use a Mac so Microsoft Money doesn't work. I tried YNAB and thought it was ok but it doesn't do the kind of graphs I want --sorry to be so fussy!
I used to use Home Accountz and the old version (not the new one which I thought was really user UNfriendly) allowed you to chart your spending by category over any given date period. I found it really useful. YNAB doesn't allow you to do that and I have been wading through products trying to get one that does - haven't found one yet!
mbe

TheTracker

Is moneywiz too basic for you? Runs on Mac, iPhone, iPad.

mbe

TheTracker wrote: »

Is moneywiz too basic for you? Runs on Mac, iPhone, iPad.

Hi - will have a look at it...thank you!

mbe

mbe wrote: »

Hi - will have a look at it...thank you!

Hi, had a look at Moneywiz and liked it....but it doesn't do a trend line graph for categories over time either...
I wonder if anything does?!
Is it just me that likes to look at trends in my spending by category? I find it really helps me to control my spending.
mbe

Hetty17

Take a look at Account Tracker (iPhone/iPad, developed by Graham Haley).
Caveat: I haven't used it myself, but his Meter Readings app is very good.

TheTracker

mbe wrote: »

Hi, had a look at Moneywiz and liked it....but it doesn't do a trend line graph for categories over time either...
I wonder if anything does?!
Is it just me that likes to look at trends in my spending by category? I find it really helps me to control my spending.
mbe

I think you use Budgets for this (screenshot). Each year I tend to look at categories I've spent this year versus last. Not to control my spending in any daily sense, but to make general decisions (eat out less; lunch at work is expense; not worth paying for cable). I don't use Budgets but I think they are for regular watchers of spend.

arianparod2

I'm a Mac user too- have a look at Accountz

mbe

arianparod2 wrote: »

I'm a Mac user too- have a look at Accountz

I did - sorry but I hated it! Found it really horrible to use which is a shame as I had an old version for years and thought it was really good but I just don't like the new version.

Bunker

Have you looked at Moneydance??